How is Kid Nation only kids? Who's holding the camera then?

Answer 1

It's not only kids....Sure only kids are on film and left to fend for themselves, but they are supervised from afar.

Speaking before an audience of television reviewers, producer Tom Forman acknowledged that Kid Nation would inevitably share some elements with William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, which depicted planewrecked children without adult supervision. But adults were present off-camera during the Kid Nation production, including cameramen, producers, a medic, and a child psychologist, although all interacted with the children as little as possible. Participants also missed a month of school, but Forman suggested that such real-world tasks as preparing a group breakfast, doing hard physical chores like fetching water, and making group decisions constituted an educational experience in its own right. All participants were cleared by a team of psychologists, any child could elect to go home, and some did.[3] Robert Butterworth, a child psychologist in Los Angeles, wondered if comparable professional care was given after the production had wrapped.[13]

Answer 2

Exactly !! And there were alot of other adults there as well.
A Medical Team, Child Psychologists, Animal Rights People and full Production Team just to mention a few.
All of this screaming and bad press claiming kids were left alone and abused is just rubbish and not accurate at all.
People who have made the claims have never watched the show nor done any valid research about the show.
The kids were supposed to ignore the adults and carry on as if they were not there .
But if they were needed they could step in .
Like when one kid was hurt and needed some medical attention and 2 kids accidentally drank bleach they got them help right away just as parents would if it had happened at home.

Answer 3

Adults were present off-camera during the Kid Nation production, including cameramen, producers, a medic, and a child psychologist, although all interacted with the children as little as possible.

Answer 4

i'm sure that there are adults there to make sure that no major disaster happens just like in survivor or amazing race the camera people are there but are not allowed to interact with the contestants.they are there but all they do is film not help the kids

Answer 5

NOTE TO SELF DVR KID NATION THIS WEEK.